Category Archives: Coaching

Sunday Is Coming

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Kirk

Silent Saturday. I don’t think I had heard the term before, but it is an apt one. Often referred to as Holy Saturday or Easter Vigil, the day caught between Good Friday and Easter Sunday doesn’t often get much attention. … Continue reading →

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Staying Positive

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Kirk

Being surrounded by so much bad news, so much illness, so much restriction on our daily activities, it becomes really difficult to maintain the positivity that we need for our own sanity. Last week I gave some tips on Beating … Continue reading →

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Hope Springs

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Kirk

I have an apple tree in my yard that doesn’t seem to be doing very well. I planted it three years ago. In the second year we got a couple of apples (or the birds did). Last year we had … Continue reading →

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It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity…

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Kirk

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, I heard this phrase more often than I could count. Every summer it would get hot (upper 90s) and people would complain, but it was the high humidity (ofter around 100%) that actually … Continue reading →

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My New About Page

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Kirk

Every few years I seem to reinvent my blog. I am sharing my new ‘About’ page to introduce my (not so) new direction. Truth be told, I’ve been leaning this way for a while, but it’s time to step it … Continue reading →

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Gimme A Break

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Kirk

The new year always gives us the sense of starting over; letting go of the old and getting excited about the new. The future is exciting and we welcome the opportunity to start over in some ways. I’ve never liked … Continue reading →

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Don’t Get Distracted

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Kirk

I recently went to see my granddaughter play her first soccer game. It was a lot of fun to see a group of 4-year-olds running around the field with only a brief interest in soccer. There’s just so much to … Continue reading →

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